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Record: 100-63 .613.... 1st in American League East
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Won World Series (Dodgers)
Attendance: 2,335,871

Top Draft Pick: Rex Hudler (#18) MLB
Manager - Dick Howser, Bob Lemon, Billy Martin

Affiliates - AAA Tacoma Yankees AA West Haven Yankees A+ Fort Lauderdale Yankees A- Oneonta Yankees

Team Leaders

HR: Jackson, Nettles [27]
RBI: Jackson [97]
2B: Piniella [34]
SB: Randolph [36]
W: Guidry [25]
SV: Gossage [27]
SO: Guidry [248]

Oldest Player: Paul Lindblad [36]
Youngest Player: Domingo Ramos [20]
Longest Tenure: Roy White [14]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Brian Doyle (Apr 30) Damaso Garcia (Jun 24) Mike Heath (Jun 3) Domingo Ramos (Sep 8) Dennis Sherrill (Sep 4)
Pitchers: Jim Beattie (Apr 25) Ron Davis (Jul 29) Bob Kammeyer (Jul 3) Dave Rajsich (Jul 2)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Dell Alston	OF	26	New York Yankees	MLB
	OF		Tacoma	AAA
Kenny Baker	OF	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Steve Balboni	1B	21	West Haven	AA
	1B		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Antonio Bautista			West Haven	AA
Jim Beattie	P	24	New York Yankees	MLB
Rodrigo Bellony			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Paul Blair	OF	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Rogers Brown			Tacoma	AAA
Pat Callahan	C	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Don Castle	H	28	West Haven	AA
Chris Chambliss	1B	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Nate Chapman	OF	24	Tacoma	AAA
	OF		West Haven	AA
Ken Clay	P	24	New York Yankees	MLB
Johnny Crawford	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Cirilo Cruz			Tacoma	AAA
Ron Davis	P	23	New York Yankees	MLB
	P		West Haven	AA
Brian Dayett	OF-LF	21	Oneonta	A-
Roberto Dennis			Oneonta	A-
Bucky Dent	SS	26	New York Yankees	MLB
Brian Doyle	2B-SS	23	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B-SS		Tacoma	AAA
Rawly Eastwick	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Juan Espino	C	22	West Haven	AA
John Farrior	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
	OF		Oneonta	A-
Ed Figueroa	P	29	New York Yankees	MLB
John Franks	P		Oneonta	A-
Damaso Garcia	2B	21	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B		Tacoma	AAA
David Garcia	2B		Oneonta	A-
Carl Gardner	3B		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Rich Gossage	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Ron Guidry	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Don Gullett	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Alvin Hall			Oneonta	A-
Mark Harris	SS		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Fran Healy	C	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Mike Heath	C	23	New York Yankees	MLB
	C		West Haven	AA
Kevin Hemphill	3B		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Roger Holt	2B	22	West Haven	AA
Ken Holtzman	P	32	New York Yankees	MLB
James Horvath			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Rex Hudler	2B-LF	18	Oneonta	A-
Catfish Hunter	P	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Dennis Irwin	C		Tacoma	AAA
Reggie Jackson	OF	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Cliff Johnson	1B-C	31	New York Yankees	MLB
Mark Johnston	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Jay Johnstone	OF	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Darryl Jones	OF	27	Tacoma	AAA
Bob Kammeyer	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Pete Khoury	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
	OF		Oneonta	A-
Mickey Klutts	3B	24	New York Yankees	MLB
Joe Lefebvre	OF	22	West Haven	AA
Tim Lewis	P		West Haven	AA
Paul Lindblad	P	37	New York Yankees	MLB
Tim Lollar	P	22	West Haven	AA
Sparky Lyle	P	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Victor Mata	OF	17	Oneonta	A-
Larry McCall	P	26	New York Yankees	MLB
Jim McDonald	1B		West Haven	AA
Willie McGee	RF-CF	19	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Douglas Melvin			West Haven	AA
Andy Messersmith	P	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Daniel Moroff	3B		Oneonta	A-
Thurman Munson	C	31	New York Yankees	MLB
Harukhiko Nakano			Oneonta	A-
Jerry Narron	C	22	Tacoma	AAA
Alan Nesbitt			Oneonta	A-
Graig Nettles	3B	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Michael O'Reilly			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Luis Ortiz			Oneonta	A-
Jose Paulino			West Haven	AA
			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Nelson Pichardo			West Haven	AA
Lou Piniella	OF	35	New York Yankees	MLB
Dan Plante	C		Oneonta	A-
Dave Rajsich	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Domingo Ramos	SS-3B	20	New York Yankees	MLB
	SS-3B		Tacoma	AAA
	SS-3B		West Haven	AA
Willie Randolph	2B	24	New York Yankees	MLB
Mickey Rivers	OF	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Stan Saleski	P		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Julio Salvador			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Claude Sammons	1B-OF		Oneonta	A-
Julio Santana			Oneonta	A-
Rafael Santana	SS	20	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Dan Schmitz	2B	23	Tacoma	AAA
	2B		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Isaac Seoane	C		West Haven	AA
Danici Shanahan			Oneonta	A-
Dennis Sherrill	SS-3B	22	New York Yankees	MLB
	SS-3B		West Haven	AA
Buck Showalter	1B-OF	22	West Haven	AA
Garry Smith	OF		Tacoma	AAA
Aurin Soto			Oneonta	A-
Jim Spencer	1B	31	New York Yankees	MLB
Roy Staiger	3B	28	Tacoma	AAA
Fred Stanley	SS-2B	31	New York Yankees	MLB
Richard Stenholm			West Haven	AA
Pat Tabler	1B-OF	20	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Fugio Tamura			Oneonta	A-
Mark Thiel	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Gary Thomasson	OF-1B	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Marvin Thompson			Tacoma	AAA
Dick Tidrow	P	31	New York Yankees	MLB
Rafael Villaman			Oneonta	A-
Chris Welsh	P	23	West Haven	AA
Dennis Werth	1B-OF	25	Tacoma	AAA
Roy White	OF	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Ted Wilborn	OF	19	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	OF		Oneonta	A-
Michael Wilhite			Oneonta	A-
Matt Winters	RF	18	Oneonta	A-
George Zeber	2B	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B		Tacoma	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Jose Alcantara		Tacoma	AAA
		West Haven	AA
		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Rick Anderson	24	Tacoma	AAA
	24	West Haven	AA
Kenny Baker	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Byron Ballard	20	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Jim Beattie	24	New York Yankees	MLB
	24	Tacoma	AAA
Paul Boris	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Ricky Burdette		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Rich Carlucci		Oneonta	A-
Ken Clay	24	New York Yankees	MLB
Don Cooper	21	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	21	Oneonta	A-
Cirilo Cruz		Tacoma	AAA
James Curnal		Tacoma	AAA
		West Haven	AA
Ron Davis	23	New York Yankees	MLB
	23	West Haven	AA
Scott Delgatti	24	West Haven	AA
	24	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Rawly Eastwick	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Ed Figueroa	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Tom Filer	21	Oneonta	A-
Robert Fishback		Oneonta	A-
Richard Fleshman		West Haven	AA
John Franks		Oneonta	A-
Rich Gossage	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Ron Guidry	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Don Gullett	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Doug Heinold		Tacoma	AAA
		West Haven	AA
		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Henry Herrera		Oneonta	A-
Ken Holtzman	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Catfish Hunter	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Bob Kammeyer	27	New York Yankees	MLB
	27	Tacoma	AAA
Tom Kibbee		West Haven	AA
Dan Ledduke	21	Oneonta	A-
Tim Lewis		West Haven	AA
Paul Lindblad	37	New York Yankees	MLB
Tim Lollar	22	West Haven	AA
Ronald Luongo		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Sparky Lyle	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Jim Lysgaard		Tacoma	AAA
Larry McCall	26	New York Yankees	MLB
	26	Tacoma	AAA
	26	West Haven	AA
Andy McGaffigan	21	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	21	Oneonta	A-
Mike McLeod		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Douglas Melvin		West Haven	AA
Neil Mersch		Tacoma	AAA
Andy Messersmith	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Mark Moore		Oneonta	A-
Alan Nesbitt		Fort Lauderdale	A+
		Oneonta	A-
Matt Olli		Oneonta	A-
Bob Polinsky		Tacoma	AAA
Dave Rajsich	27	New York Yankees	MLB
	27	Tacoma	AAA
Calvin Riggar		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Gilberto Rondon	24	West Haven	AA
	24	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Brian Ryder	18	Oneonta	A-
Stan Saleski		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Paul Semall		West Haven	AA
Roger Slagle	24	Tacoma	AAA
	24	West Haven	AA
Mark Softy		West Haven	AA
Aurin Soto		Oneonta	A-
Karl Steffen		Oneonta	A-
Jeff Taylor		Oneonta	A-
Steve Taylor	22	Tacoma	AAA
Dick Tidrow	31	New York Yankees	MLB
Chris Welsh	23	West Haven	AA
	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Jamie Werly	22	Tacoma	AAA
	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+